15 Indoor Activity Ideas With Your Kids

It is bad weather today. You or your kid haven't been feeling very well. Don't feel like going out at all. Or you and your spouse are exhausted from watching last night's Desperate Housewife.

The kids are bored and constantly seeking your attention. Nothing is on TV. Duh! What to do with them?

Here are some fun (to them!) indoor activities that you should engage with them . They are inexpensive and are able to keep them occupied for an hour or so.

1. Visit Readeo and sign up for an account to read Children Stories Online.

2. Play the Zingo game.

3. Get Crafty! Gather all your material and make some kids crafts stuff. You can make the Craft Octopus, Family Hearts, Butterfly Collage or anything else.

4. Blow bubbles.

5. Engage in the Cosmo Cat ClickN Kids Spelling and Phonics program.

6. Play indoor football with your cool Goal Post Cooler.

7. Have some fun in the kitchen! If you always have bananas and raisins, make some Homemade Banana Muffins.

8. Make yourself a Human Playground. You can 'Penguin Walk' the kids, 'Piggy Back' them, 'Horse Riding' or become a 'Human Slide'.

9. Show the kids how to fry an egg.

10. Show them your childhood photos in that silly over-sized glasses! Have a good laugh!

11. Measure everyone's height and weight and record it down. You can even get your own Personalized Growth Chart like this one.

12. Stand on one leg. The one that can hold the longest is the winner.

13. Trace coins with color pencils, cut them out and pretend play-cashier. Don't forget that shopping basket too.

14. Impressed the kids by making a necklace or a ring out of beads, macaroni or colorful straws.

15. I thought of 14 things, now it is your turn add on the last one! Gotcha!

By: Justina Wang

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